How To Install nescc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nescc on Kali Linux.

What is nescc

nescc is:

nesC (pronounced “NES-see”) is an extension to the C programming language designed to embody the structuring concepts and execution model of TinyOS. TinyOS is an event-driven operating system designed for sensor network nodes that have very limited resources (e.g., 8K bytes of program memory, 512 bytes of RAM).

This package contains the nesC compiler and its documentation. It also provides nesC syntax support for the editors vim and emacs together with all gtksourceview and kdepart based editors.

There are three methods to install nescc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nescc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nescc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nescc

Install nescc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nescc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nescc

Install nescc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nescc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nescc

How To Uninstall nescc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nescc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nescc

Uninstall nescc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nescc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nescc

Remove nescc Configurations and Data

To remove nescc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nescc

Remove nescc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nescc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nescc

Dependencies

nescc have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• perl

References

• nescc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nescc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.